Month: August 2018

South Korea warns its citizens not to discuss politics during the supervised reunions of families separated by the Korean War. According to the Associated Press, hundreds of South Koreans this week are visiting their North […]

Avenatti tells Giuliani ‘Buckle Up Buttercup’ After News of Cohen Making Plea Deal

Michael Avenatti told President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani to “buckle up.” The comment comes after it was reported Tuesday by ABC News that Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, had accepted a plea deal. Avenatti, […]

Michael Flynn’s Sentencing Hearing Got Delayed Again

Special counsel Robert Mueller has again delayed scheduling a sentencing hearing for former national security adviser Michael Flynn. “Due to the status of its investigation, the Special Counsel’s Office does not believe that this matter […]

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Says U.S. Needs ‘Truth Force’ Instead of ‘Space Force’

President Trump’s lead attorney Rudy Giuliani made headlines on Sunday when he appeared to argue that “truth isn’t truth,” and that facts are in the eye of the beholder, Huffington Post reported. The remarks went […]

August 21, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Clarus’ Lunchtime Politics: Tuesday Trivia – Omarosa – QAnon – Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, August 21, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45% Up 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls. The range is 42% (Gallup) to 48% (Rasmussen). […]

Official Confident That Yemeni Bombmaker is Dead

A Saudi-born man was the behind the “underwear bomb” attempt to detonate a flight above the skies of Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009. A senior U.S. official said he was confident Ibrahim al-Asiri, a […]

Trump Boasts He Could ‘Ruin’ Russia Probe If He Wanted

President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that if he wanted to he could take over the special counsel’s Russia investigation into possible collusion and election interference which he has often dubbed a “rigged witch hunt.” […]

Vox: Trump’s Offensive Praise of a Latino Border Patrol Agent

On Monday, President Donald Trump delivered a speech in tribute to officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection. However, according to Vox, his way of honoring the front-line agents enforcing […]

No Verdict for Manafort After Day Three of Deliberations

Monday marked the third day of deliberations in the tax fraud case of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, but the jury weighing a number of charges against him again failed to reach a verdict, […]

Parkland Shooting Survivor Urges Congress to Set Politician Age Limit

David Hogg, an 18-year-old survivor of the Parkland school shooting, is urging for age limit in politics. According to Newsweek, citing Hogg’s interview with New York Magazine, the young man has an extensive interest in […]

Microsoft Uncovers New Hacking Attempts Ahead of Midterms

Ahead of the November midterms, new hacking attacks by Russian actors were uncovered on Tuesday by tech giant Microsoft, which said they were aimed at political groups in the United States. Microsoft further said that […]

U.S. May Lift Sanctions against Moscow in Exchange for Concessions, Trump Says

The United States currently isn’t considering lifting sanctions on Russia, but President Donald Trump would consider doing that if Russia gave him something he wants in Ukraine or Syria, as he stated in an interview […]

Trump Calls on Public Officials to Support ICE, CBP

President Donald Trump, in a letter released by the White House, called on state and local officials to start publicly praising the “sacrifice” that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) […]

Trump Says Brennan Wouldn’t Dare to Sue

President Donald Trump on Monday stated that he hopes that former CIA Director John Brennan will sue him for revoking his security clearance, CNN reported. Trump tweeted that the lawsuit will have to reveal […]

Trump Says Mueller’s Team is ‘National Disgrace’

President Donald Trump on Monday issued a batch of tweets attacking special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, calling it a “national disgrace.” “Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller and his whole group of Angry Democrat Thugs spent […]

Putin and Merkel Meet, Nord Stream and Syria Main Topics

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday in Germany to discuss various heated topics such as the controversial gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, and the situation in Syria. According to […]

Prosecutors to Announce Charges Against Cohen by End of This Month

Prosecutors are working on criminal charges against the President’s former fixer and personal lawyer Michael Cohen, which are to be announced by the end of this month, sources with knowledge of the matter said. Cohen […]

U.S. Bonds Sale Pushes Russia to Move Billions to Offshore Accounts

Amid Russia’s sell-off of U.S. securities in the past few months, the biggest so far, the country’s Central Bank didn’t dump all its holdings of United States securities, but simply moved the ownership of part […]

Apple Removes Thousands of Illegal Apps from China App Store

Apple has removed around 25,000 illegals apps from its App Store in China, amounting to 1.4 percent of its total number of apps on the platform there, CNBC writes, citing The Wall Street Journal. According to […]

Bolton and Netanyahu Call Iran Deal ‘Wretched’ and ‘Disastrous’

U.S. adviser for national security, John Bolton, has been regretting the “wretched” nuclear deal with Iran, Fox News noticed from the talks Bolton had with the Israeli prime minister. According to reports, in his talks […]

MH-60 Crashes in Iraq, One U.S. Military Official Dead, Others Injured

A U.S. helicopter used for special operations was reported as having crashed early on Monday in Iraq and injured several members of its staff, Newsweek reported. No details have been revealed why the helicopter crashed; […]

U.S. Rejects Turkey’s Offer for American Pastor’s Release

The White House has rejected an offer by Turkey to release the imprisoned American pastor in exchange for a relief in penalties imposed on Turkish banks by the United States. The Trump administration told the […]

Rand Paul Proposes Amendment That Stops Federal Funding for Abortion

Senator Rand Paul presented a new amendment on Thursday that would withhold taxpayer money from going to Planned Parenthood and other entities that perform abortions, WBKO reported. “One of the top priorities for a Republican […]

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U.S. Could Sanction China Over Iran Oil Imports

The Trump administration is prepared to impose sanctions on all countries that buy oil from Iran after a deadline in November, including China, the top importer of Iranian crude, the chief of the new Iran […]

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Dies at 80

Former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Kofi Annan has died at age 80, his foundation confirmed Saturday. Annan, who was born in Ghana in 1938, served as the seventh UN Secretary-General, from 1997 to […]

Brennan Accuses Trump of Being ‘Drunk on Power’

President Donald Trump threatened for months to revoke the security clearances of former officials who criticized his policies, and this week he started with ex-CIA chief John Brennan, who has described Trump’s policies and behavior […]

New U.S. Sanction Bill Will Have Only Limited Impact to Russian Oil Industry

A proposed new U.S. bill laying sanctions on Russia, the harshest so far, would only have a limited impact on its oil industry, because the country has drastically reduced its reliance on Western funding and […]

August 17, 2018 Focus Washington

Inmates in California Risk Lives to Fight Wildfires

Firefighters typically make about $75,000 plus benefits for their heroic efforts each year, but a group of 3,400 wildfire-fighting inmates from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) are risking their lives for just […]

August 17, 2018 Focus Washington

Polls Show Little Support for ‘Space Force’

President Donald Trump’s enthusiasm for a new military branch focused on space is apparently not widely shared, as two polls released on Thursday showed that a majority of respondents said that the Space Force is […]

August 17, 2018 Focus Washington

Analytic Site Predicts 70 Percent Chance for Democrats to Win House

Models from election forecaster FiveThirty Eight give promising predictions about Democrats likes of winning the House in Novembers mid-term elections. According to the analytic site, the party has about 70 percent chance of flipping enough […]